Chief Minister of Punjab (Pakistan)
Chief Minister of Punjab | |
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Government of Punjab | |
Style | His Excellency |
Abbreviation | CM |
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Reports to |
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Residence | Chief Minister House, Lahore |
Seat | Lahore |
Appointer | Provincial Assembly of Punjab |
Term length | 5 years |
Constituting instrument | Constitution of Pakistan |
Inaugural holder | Nawab Iftikhar Hussain Khan Mamdot |
Formation | 5 April 1947 |
Deputy | Senior Minister of Punjab |
Website | cm |
The chief minister of Punjab (Urdu: وزیر اعلیٰ پنجاب; Wazīr-e Aʿlá Panjāb) is the head of government of the Pakistani province of Punjab. The chief minister leads the legislative branch of the provincial government, and is elected by the Provincial Assembly. Given that they have the confidence of the assembly, the chief minister's term is for five years and is subject to no term limits. Syed Mohsin Raza Naqvi is the current interim chief minister of Punjab Pakistan.
The office of Chief Minister is located in Lahore, the capital of the Punjab province and is known as the CM Secretariat.
List of chief ministers of Punjab
Muslim League
Pakistan Peoples Party
Pakistan Muslim League (N)/Islami Jamhoori Ittehad
Pakistan Muslim League (J)
Pakistan Muslim League (Q)
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf
Caretaker
Trustee
N | Name | Portrait | Party | Term of office | Ref | |||
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1 | Iftikhar Hussain | MLP | 15 August 1947 |
25 January 1949 |
1 year, 163 days | |||
Governor's rule 25 January 1949 — 5 April 1951 | ||||||||
2 | Mumtaz Daultana | MLP | 15 April 1951 |
3 April 1953 |
1 year, 353 days | |||
3 | Feroz Khan Noon | 3 April 1953 |
21 May 1955 |
2 years, 48 days | ||||
4 | Abdul Hamid Dasti | 21 May 1955 |
14 October 1955 |
146 days | ||||
Post Abolished(14 October 1955 — 30 June 1970) | ||||||||
Martial Law 1 July 1970 — 2 May 1972 | ||||||||
5 | Meraj Khalid | PPP | 2 May 1972 |
12 November 1973 |
1 year, 194 days | |||
6 | Ghulam Mustafa | 12 November 1973 |
15 March 1974 |
123 days | ||||
7 | Hanif Ramay | 15 March 1974 |
15 July 1975 |
1 year, 122 days | ||||
8 | Sadiq Hussain | 15 July 1975 |
5 July 1977 |
1 year, 355 days | ||||
Martial law 5 July 1977 — 9 April 1985 | ||||||||
9 | Nawaz Sharif | IJI | 9 April 1985 |
6 August 1990 |
5 years, 119 days | |||
10 | Ghulam Haider | 6 August 1990 |
25 April 1993 |
2 years, 262 days | ||||
11 | Manzoor Wattoo | PML(J) | 25 April 1993 |
18 July 1993 |
84 days | |||
C | Sheikh Manzoor (Caretaker) | — | — | 18 July 1993 |
20 October 1993 |
94 days | ||
12 | Manzoor Wattoo | PML(J) | 20 October 1993 |
13 September 1995 |
1 year, 328 days | |||
13 | Muhammad Arif |
13 September 1995 |
3 November 1996 |
1 year, 51 days | ||||
C | Muhammad Afzal(Caretaker) | — | 16 November 1996 |
20 February 1997 |
96 days | |||
14 | Shahbaz Sharif |
PML(N) | 20 February 1997 |
12 October 1999 |
2 years, 234 days | |||
Governor's rule 12 October 1999 — 23 November 2002 | ||||||||
15 | Pervaiz Elahi |
PML(Q) | 29 November 2002 |
18 November 2007 |
4 years, 354 days | |||
C | Ejaz Nisar(Caretaker) | — | 18 November 2007 |
11 April 2008 |
145 days | |||
C | Dost Muhammd Khosa |
PML(N) | 11 April 2008 |
8 June 2008 |
58 days | |||
16 | Shahbaz Sharif |
PML(N) | 8 June 2008 |
25 February 2009 |
262 days | |||
Governor's rule 25 February 2009 — 30 March 2009 | ||||||||
16 | Shahbaz Sharif |
PML(N) | 30 March 2009 |
26 March 2013 |
3 years, 361 days | |||
C | Najam Sethi (Caretaker) | 26 March 2013 |
7 June 2013 |
73 days | ||||
17 | Shahbaz Sharif |
PML(N) | 7 June 2013 |
7 June 2018 |
5 years, 0 days | |||
C | Hasan Rizvi(Caretaker) | 8 June 2018 |
19 August 2018 |
72 days | ||||
18 | Usman Buzdar | PTI | 20 August 2018 |
30 April 2022 |
3 years, 253 days | |||
T | Hamza Shahbaz | PML(N) | 30 April 2022 |
26 July 2022 |
87 days | |||
19 | Pervaiz Elahi | PML(Q) | 27 July 2022 | 22 January 2023 | 179 days | |||
C | Mohsin Raza Naqvi (Caretaker) | 22 January 2023 | Incumbent | 1 year, 0 days |
See also
- Government of Pakistan
- Prime Minister of Pakistan
- Government of Punjab
- Governor of Punjab
- Chief Secretary Punjab
- Senior Minister of Punjab
- Leader of the Opposition Punjab
- Speaker of the Provincial Assembly of Punjab
- List of current Pakistani chief ministers
- List of current Pakistani governors
- Chief Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
- Chief Minister of Sindh
- Chief Minister of Balochistan
- Chief Minister of Gilgit-Baltistan
- Prime Minister of Azad Jammu and Kashmir